Puerto Rico Highway 26
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 PRI-3Roberto Sánchez Vilella Expressway |
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| Maintained by Puerto Rico Department of Transportation (DTOP) | ||||
| Length: | 12.4 mi (20.0 km) | |||
| Existed: | (2000–2004) March 2006 – present | |||
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 PRI-3 / PR-3 in Río Grande, Puerto Rico
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 PRI-3 / PR-26 in Carolina, Puerto Rico
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| Location: | Carolina – San Juan |
| Length: | 9.32 mi (15.00 km) |
| Existed: | 1982 And Completed In 1999–present |
Puerto Rico Highway 66 (unsigned Interstate PR3) is a main tollway which parallels Puerto Rico Highway 3 going from the city of Carolina, Puerto Rico via a 3 loops cloverleaf interchange with PR-26 and PR-3, a major exit in the form of a Trumpet interchange in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico and ending in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico with an intersection of PR-3. It is only 12.42 miles (19.99 km) long and has very few exits, which work mainly to minimize traffic in the congested Carolina area of PR-3.
The highway is called the Roberto Sánchez Vilella Expressway, which is also the name given to the much larger PR-2 freeway segment from Hormigueros to Ponce. The second phase of PR-66 from Canóvanas to Rio Grande was opened on October 1, 2012.
PR-66 is, in reality, an extension of older expressway PR-26, as both expressways are attached (that is, there is no need to take an exit to enter the other expressway, much like PR-18 and PR-52). PR-66 was assigned that number after U.S. Route 66 in the United States.
PR-66 is very close to the El Yunque National Forest and at the beginning caused problems between developers and environmental activists. Several actions of disobedience took place, including beams already installed being removed. The expressway was planned to be extended to Fajardo but due to the close presence of the forest reserve, it was accorded to be extended to Río Grande and connect to PR-3 which has several exits between that municipality and Fajardo, and it might be possible that PR-3 is converted into a complete freeway in that segment as it approaches PR-53.
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